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The Peterson jury has reached a verdict--they'll announce it at 4:00 pm.

Personally, I think the guy's guilty--but I also think he'll get off. The white O.J. OTOH, the fact that they had to start deliberations again today, and they reached one so quickly gives hope--quick verdicts I believe usually indicate a guilty verdict.

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mysticblaze.livejournal.com

The last execution in California occurred on January 29, 2002. The dead man was Stephen Wayne Anderson, who fatally shot an 81-year-old San Bernardino County woman during a burglary and then fixed himself some noodles in her kitchen and sat down to watch TV in her home in 1980.

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minstrel70.livejournal.com

Hah! Beat you to it.

22 years from crime to execution? You'd think he'd have had the decency to die of natural causes in the interim.

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mysticblaze.livejournal.com

Yes, but my facts are far more accurate than yours. :)

He became an accomplished poet and playwright in those 22 years, and even authored a short story before he was executed. One of his plays was performed Off-Broadway.

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minstrel70.livejournal.com

Lovely. Doesn't redeem him in the least, and I can still regret that he had enough time to achieve fame.

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mysticblaze.livejournal.com

I know. He became a model citizen BECAUSE he was sentenced to death, not because he had any desire to do so on his own.

Prior to the murder for which he was executed, he had escaped from Utah State Prison on November 24, 1979. He had been incarcerated there for one count of aggravated burglary in 1971 and three counts of aggravated burglary in 1973. During his tenure, he murdered an inmate, assaulted another inmate, and assaulted a correctional officer. Moreover, he admitted to six other contract killings in Las Vegas, Nevada.

And here is a sample of his poetry.

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minstrel70.livejournal.com

Model citizen, indeed. And oh, what a "poet."

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mysticblaze.livejournal.com

However, his victim's daughters believed the hardened criminal had changed within the controlled confines of prison, finding a poetic voice and remorse for his crimes, and did not want him to die.

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mysticblaze.livejournal.com

Oh, I forgot to mention, he was 26 years old at the time he committed the murder. Unless he had some medical problem, death by natural causes would have been unlikely.

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mollyx.livejournal.com

Say What?!!

No wonder they fried his ass!
Uh-uh. You rob this poor little old lady, then kill her, then decide to stick around, eat her food and watch her TV?

Yeah, you need to die.

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mysticblaze.livejournal.com

He was caught at her house when the neighbor alerted the police after he was awakened by barking dogs and saw Anderson through the victim's window. He even confessed to the murder.

When executed, he did not have any final words. His final meal consisted of two (2) grilled cheese sandwiches (American cheese); one (1) pint of cottage cheese (plain, no fruit); hominy/corn mixture (regular hominy, regular corn); one (1) piece of peach pie; one (1) pint of chocolate chip ice cream; and Radishes. I am sure that his victim did not eat as well as he did before she died.